New Way

Often have I battled on
in face of adversity,
Often have I held my own
in days of negativity,
Times now change
and strength recedes
sunlight fades at length
To give up struggle
and lay down to rest
closer to heart for me now
than every moment plodding on
to save a life ill spent.
The yearning grows
like a well tended plant
a sapling growing fast
let battles be my past.
This new desire,
young and sweet
blossoms each day
it is, it is, my new way.